Emergency Care Assistant

Emergency Care Assistant Nottingham Peterborough Scunthorpe Chippenham Events Frontline 999 Full Time or Sub Contractor Requires travelling

About the Role

As an Emergency Care Assistant with Central Medical Services, you’ll be on the frontline providing first aid and pre-hospital care. 

You’ll work as part of a highly skilled medical team, ensuring attendees receive timely and professional care in line with CMS’s standards and national clinical guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure a continuous duty of care to patients within the level of training and competency of this role, ensuring an appropriate level of monitoring and treatment is maintained and continued.
• Provide a clear handover report when the patient is handed into the care of another health professional, this should record all pertinent patient information.
• Drive all types of approved ambulance vehicles under normal and blue light circumstances, in accordance with the standards of the service and within road traffic law, taking particular care of the vehicle, occupants and other road users
• Carry out general vehicle checks at the start of and during each shift to ensure the readiness of the vehicle.
• Maintain a competent working knowledge of all medical and life support equipment carried on vehicles appropriate to the required skill level and scope of practice
• Maintain competence in assisting a qualified practitioner in the use of appropriate equipment
• Comply with basic scene safety checks and the associated basic risk assessments, working with other healthcare or emergency services staff
• Support qualified practitioners as directed in the provision of high-quality care
• Provide and take relevant information from carers or others at any scene, reporting to qualified practitioner, health care professions, hospital or other relevant agencies as required

What We’re Looking For

• FREC 3 and FREC 4
• Recognised blue light qualification i.e. IHCD / Level 3 Emergency Response Ambulance Driving
• Full UK Clean Driving Licence with a minimum of 2 years’ experience (Maximum of 3 points)

What You’ll Get

• Competitive hourly rates
• A supportive, experienced clinical team
• Access to further training via the CMS Academy

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